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ESR Series Routers Operation Manual
7.26
Mirroring configuration
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Traffic mirroring is a feature of the router that allows for redirection of traffic from a specific port of
the router to another port of the same router (local mirroring) or to a remote device (remote mirroring).
Objective
: Establish remote mirroring of traffic through VLAN 50 from gi1/0/11 interface to be sent
to server for processing purposes.
Fig. 7.28
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Network structure
Solution:
First, do the following:
Create VLAN 50.
On gi 1/0/5 interface, add VLAN 50 in 'general' mode.
Main configuration step:
Specify VLAN that will be used for transmission of mirrored traffic:
е
sr1000(config)#
port monitor remote vlan 50
For gi 1/0/5 interface, specify a port for mirroring:
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sr1000(config)#
interface gigabitethernet 1/0/5
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sr1000(config-if-gi)#
port monitor interface gigabitethernet 1/0/11
For gi 1/0/5 interface, specify remote mirroring mode:
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sr1000(config-if-gi)#
port monitor remote
Configuration changes will take effect when the configuration is applied:
esr1000#
commit
Configuration has been successfully committed
esr1000#
confirm
Configuration has been successfully confirmed
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In the current firmware version, this functionality is supported only by ESR-1000 router.